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Remote Learning Is Creating Unnecessary Anxiety for My Students Right Now

Is everybody doing okay? Probably a silly question, but I really wanted to check-in on my American Sign Language (ASL) students. It was day three of no school, no friends, no teachers, no routine...

IEP

Here's How the COVID-19 Stimulus Bill Will Affect Education

Late this morning the U.S. Congress passed the Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security Act, or the CARES Act. The total tab is $2 trillion and includes direct payments to Americans, an...

Special Education

Real Talk From Parents Homeschooling Children With Disabilities

Parents of children with disabilities are already some of the strongest, fiercest and most exhausted parent advocates for quality schools during regular times. So sure, add on a national pandemic,...

opportunity gap

Will This Pandemic Force Us to Boldly Address the Inequities in Our Schools?

I live right off Route 206, a mostly two-lane road that begins in the Pinelands of southern New Jersey, winds 130 miles north to Stokes State Forest, and ends in Dingman Township, Pennsylvania. One...

equity

COVID-19 Shows Why We Need Public Schools Now More Than Ever

“Mr. Kelly, what happens next?” As a teacher, I have heard some version of that question countless times in different circumstances over the years. However, I have never faced that question more than...

COVID-19

I Think This Remote Learning Thing Can Actually Work. Here Are 3 Tips.

I’ve seen a number of articles in recent days about whether schools and parents should prioritize remote learning while schools are closed. As a former teacher, principal, and from my time working on...

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